Gonzales Point
| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE side of Oak Bay (municipality), Victoria Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°24'42"N, 123°17'38"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Gonzales Point adopted 1 March 1910 on Ottawa file OBF 0177, as labelled on early charts, eg. British Admiralty Chart 577, 1864 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1790 by Manuel Quimper, after his first mate aboard the Princesa Real, Gonzalo de Lopez de Haro. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified as "Consulls Point" on 1892 map "Southern Districts of Vancouver Island" Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |